Red root, snowbrush, deerbrush, sticky-laurel, Ceanothus velutinus. The leaves provide a medicine for arthritis, but there are complications with overuse. It is boiled for use as a wash after coming out of the sweathouse, and a medicine was made for horses. [CR wíč̓akƛ; NW wɨnɨmwɨ́nɨm.]
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